Poem Lake | Page 3 | The Greatest Poems of All Time

There was a Young Lady whose nose * * * There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes; So she hired an Old Lady, Whose conduct was... Poet:	There was a young person in green * * * There was a young person in green, Who seldom was fit to be seen; She wore a long shawl, Over bonnet and all, Which enveloped that person in green. <Publ.... Poet:	There was a Young Person of Smyrna * * * There was a Young Person of Smyrna, Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her; But she seized on the cat, ... Poet:	To Chloes breast young Cupid slily stole * To Chloes breast young Cupid slily stole But he crept in at Myras pocket hole Poet:
Written Extempore On A Halfpenny, Which a young lady gave a beggar, and the author redeemed for half-a-crown DEAR little, pretty, fav'rite ore, That once increas'd Gloriana's store; That lay within her bosom bless'd, Gods might have envied thee thy nest. I've read, imperial Jove of old For love... Poet: